After f8c989a0c89a ("nfsd: release svc_expkey/svc_export with rcu_work"), svc_export_put/expkey_put will call path_put with async mode. This can lead some unexpected failure: mkdir /mnt/sda mkfs.xfs -f /dev/sda echo "/ *(rw,no_root_squash,fsid=0)" > /etc/exports echo "/mnt *(rw,no_root_squash,fsid=1)" >> /etc/exports exportfs -ra service nfs-server start mount -t nfs -o vers=4.0 127.0.0.1:/mnt /mnt1 mount /dev/sda /mnt/sda touch /mnt1/sda/file exportfs -r umount /mnt/sda # failed unexcepted The touch above will finally call nfsd_cross_mnt, add refcount to mount, and then add cache_head. Before this commit, exportfs -r will call cache_flush to cleanup all cache_head, and path_put in svc_export_put/expkey_put will be finished with sync mode. So, the latter umount will always success. However, after this commit, path_put will be called with async mode, the latter umount may failed, and if we add some delay, umount will success too. Personally I think this bug and should be fixed. We first revert before bugfix patch, and then fix the original bug with a different way. v1->v2: 1. do not change cache_check, instead add cache_check_rcu and use it in c_show/e_show 2. the first patch has been applied Yang Erkun (4): SUNRPC: introduce cache_check_rcu to help check in rcu context nfsd: no need get cache ref when protected by rcu SUNRPC: no need get cache ref when protected by rcu nfsd: fix UAF when access ex_uuid or ex_stats fs/nfsd/export.c | 25 ++++++++++------- include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h | 2 ++ net/sunrpc/cache.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) -- 2.46.1